CLASS PLAN

Course Code: INFO20172

Class #: 55947

Term: Spring 2015

Campus: OAKVILLE
Course Title: Project Management for IT
Teacher: Susan Burgess

TEACHER CONTACT INFORMATION

Weeks
Name
Phone Email
17
Susan
n/a
Please do use SLATE email
Burgess

Office
E200

Office Hours
Please call.

COURSE OUTLINE
Please see the course outline on the Course Outline database
(https://ulysses.sheridanc.on.ca/coutline/coutlineview.jsp?
appver=ps&subjectCode=INFO&courseCode=20172&version=41.0&sec=0&reload=true)
for:
Detailed Course Description
Evaluation Plan
Program Context
Topical Outline
Critical Performance
Academic Integrity Policy
Learning Outcomes
Discrimination and Harassment Policy
TEXTBOOKS:
Information Technology Project Management 7e; Kathy Schwalbe
MS Project 2010 Step by Step there is an ebook available from the Sheridan Library
Please read the textbooks. The publishers slides that are on SLATE are a basic outline.
We test from the texts and NOT from the slides.
CLASSROOM POLICIES
Attendance:
Attendance is not mandatory, but is highly recommended.
It is your responsibility to catch up any missed material.
If you have a medical condition, please provide documentation by week 2.
If you are with Learning Services, please provide documentation by week 2.
Behavior:
Please be polite and consider others.
If you distract or disturb others, you will be asked to leave the room.
The rule in my classroom is that if I am talking, I expect you to show me respect and be
quiet.
Similarly, if you are talking I will show you respect and I will be quiet.
Late Arrival:
Please take your seat quietly.
It is your responsibility to catch up any missed material.
Mobile Devices:
For lectures in class, all cellphones and pagers should be turned off.
For in-class activities, mobile devices are allowed.
If mobile devices are on, please use headphones and low volume.

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CLASS PLAN
Course Code: INFO20172
Class #: 55947

Term: Spring 2015

Campus: OAKVILLE
Course Title: Project Management for IT
Teacher: Susan Burgess

EVALUATION POLICIES
Attendance:
Attendance does not count towards your final grade.
Honesty:
Penalties apply to cases of academic integrity.
Please see the official Sheridan policy (https://policy.sheridanc.on.ca/default.aspx). You will need to
log in using your Sheridan user id and password.
Participation:
Participation in class does not count towards your final grade.
Tests:
If you arrive late, and someone has left the room, you may not enter. Your test grade will be 0.
If you arrive late, you will only be allowed the remaining time.
If you leave the room, please hand in your test. You will not get it back.
If you miss the test, please contact me asap explain your absence.
Place your name on the test, scantron sheet, and all test materials.
Turn off your phone and all other mobile devices. No headphones allowed.
No one is allowed to leave the room for the first hour of the test; if you are finished,
please sit quietly until you can leave.
You must use a pencil to fill in the scantron sheet; make sure you have a pencil and
erasor with you. You may not borrow.
You will need a calculator; your phone is not acceptable. You may not borrow.
You may speak only to me once the test has begun.
This is a double sided test so please fold your pages under the test paper.
If you are with Learning Services and decide to write the test in class, you will be allowed
the same time that the class is allowed.
Once you are allowed to leave, please leave quietly. Do not stand about outside of the
classroom.
Project work:
Projects are to be done in-groups with no more than 4 to a group. Groups of one are
permitted.
Select your groups wisely.
The group mark is also each individuals mark.
Faculty do not create the groups.
All project deliverables are due by the due date and time as stated on the drop box.
Work submitted after the due date/time is penalized 10% per day, up to 50%.
It will not be marked if it is more than 5 days late.
The 10% penalty applies for every day the homework is late, including weekends and
holidays.
The penalty applies to all group members.
All group members are expected to contribute to every group activity.
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CLASS PLAN
Course Code: INFO20172
Class #: 55947

Term: Spring 2015

Campus: OAKVILLE
Course Title: Project Management for IT
Teacher: Susan Burgess

All group members are expected to know who did what part and where/how they
obtained that information.
The excuse I did not know he/she copied from the internet (or any source) will not be
accepted.
The project leader must track what sections were given to which group member.
APA format is to be used for citing references.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PASSING THIS COURSE!

The average of your 2 tests must be 50% or greater in order to pass this course.

Your final course grade must be 50% or greater in order to pass this course.

WEEK BY WEEK BREAKDOWN

Week
Day & Date
Unit Topics

Evaluation

Introduction to course. Chapter 1

from Schwalbe; Chapters 1 and 2
--from MS Project 2010 Step by Step

Monday
May 11, 2015

Monday
May 18, 2015

Monday
May 25, 2015

Chapter 2 from Schwalbe; Chapters MS Project Ch 1 and 2

3 and 4 from MS Project 2010 Step DUE; Role of PM DUE
by Step

Monday
June 1, 2015

Chapter 3 from Schwalbe; Chapters MS Project Ch 3 and 4

5 and 6 from MS Project 2010 Step DUE; Simulation exercise
by Step
DUE

Monday
June 8, 2015

Chapter 4 from Schwalbe; Chapters

MS Project Ch 5 and 6
7 and 8 from MS Project 2010 Step
DUE
by Step

Monday
June 15, 2015

Chapter 5 from Schwalbe

MS Project Ch 7 and 8
DUE

Monday
June 22, 2015

Chapter 6 from Schwalbe

Web Site Management

DUE

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June 29 July 3

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Break Week.

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Victoria Day Holiday

Monday
July 6, 2015

--- MIDTERM EXAM

Monday
July 13, 2015

Chapter 7 from Schwalbe

10

Monday

Chapters 8 and 9 from Schwalbe

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Cost Management DUE;

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Class #: 55947
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Term: Spring 2015

Campus: OAKVILLE
Course Title: Project Management for IT
Teacher: Susan Burgess
Status Report DUE

11

Monday
July 27, 2015

Pareto Chart DUE; MBTI

10
Chapters 10 and 11 from Schwalbe DUE
11

12

Monday
Aug 3, 2015

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13

Monday
Aug 10, 2015

12
Chapters 12 and 13 from Schwalbe Final Project DUE
13

14

Monday
Aug 17, 2015

14 Final Exam

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Civic Day Holiday

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Lessons Learned DUE

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